What is "herd instinct"

Usage examples of "herd instinct".

Ganthor had an incredibly strong herd instinct, which explained the many other-species' jokes relying on the predicament of Ganthor separated in a crowd of aliens.

Hui assured me that the herd instinct was strong amongst them, and that with such lush grazing along the river-bank, they would not have wandered far.

Edaphosaurs seemed to have no herd instinct and a tendency to wander.

I quested briefly toward them and found such a strong herd instinct at work that they scarcely thought of themselves as separate animals.

By not following the herd instinct, Giordino had led them to temporary safety.

At 3X they take off in great hungry clouds, each cloud a single herd instinct, chomping everything bare in its path.

Men who had become true individuals with no need of society, no need of human approval, utterly lacking in the herd instinct, that had held the race together, immune to social pressures.

Man revolting against the herd instinct economic and social conditions had impressed upon him in ages past.